The Ferry Disaster off the coast of Gabon last Thursday has left six people dead with thirty-one people still missing. The ferry was carrying 161 passengers and crew from the capital Libreville to the oil town of Port-Gentil when it sank in calm waters in the middle of the night. Most of the survivors were picked up off Libreville after dawn on Thursday by locals in dugout canoes, fishermen, an oil barge, and a navy patrol boat. The government has suspended all overnight passenger ships until at least 31 March, pending the outcome of an inquiry into the cause of the accident, and has ordered an audit of all passenger vessels.

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